Display control apparatus and method

Abstract

Provided is a display control apparatus including: a display control unit configured to distribute brightness information to a plurality of display devices in accordance with external light amount information from a sensor; and a plurality of drive units configured to drive the plurality of display devices on a basis of the brightness information distributed by the display control unit.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A display control apparatus comprising:
 a display control unit configured to distribute display brightness information to a plurality of stacked display devices in accordance with external light amount information acquired from a sensor; 
 a plurality of drive units configured to drive the plurality of stacked display devices on a basis of the display brightness information distributed by the display control unit; and 
 a weight computation unit configured to compute a display weight as a stepwise value of priority between the plurality of stacked display devices, on a basis of the external light amount information, 
 wherein the display control unit is further configured to distribute the display brightness information to the plurality of stacked display devices in accordance with the display weight computed by the weight computation unit, and 
 wherein the display control unit, the plurality of drive units, and the weight computation unit are each implemented via at least one processor. 
 
     
     
       2. The display control apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising the sensor configured to acquire the external light amount information. 
     
     
       3. The display control apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the plurality of stacked display devices comprises:
 an upper display device stacked on an upper surface and configured as a transmission display device; and 
 a lower display device stacked on a lower surface and configured as a reflective display device. 
 
 
     
     
       4. The display control apparatus according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the upper display device stacked on the upper surface is a self-luminous display device and the lower display device stacked on the lower surface is a display device that retains a pixel state. 
 
     
     
       5. The display control apparatus according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein the upper display device stacked on the upper surface is an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and the lower display device stacked on the lower surface is an electronic paper display device. 
 
     
     
       6. The display control apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the plurality of drive units are further configured to selectively drive one or more of the upper display device and the lower display device on the basis of the display brightness information. 
     
     
       7. The display control apparatus according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the weight computation unit is further configured to compute the display weight as image feature information of an input image, and 
 wherein the display control unit is further configured to selectively distribute the display brightness information to one or more of the upper display device and the lower display device in accordance with the display weight computed by the weight computation unit. 
 
     
     
       8. The display control apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the weight computation unit is further configured to compute the display weight on a basis of whether an area is a text or a graphic area, as image feature information of an input image. 
 
     
     
       9. The display control apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the weight computation unit is further configured to compute the display weight on a basis of motion information of an input image. 
 
     
     
       10. The display control apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the weight computation unit is further configured to compute the display weight on a basis of remaining battery power information. 
 
     
     
       11. A display control method, implemented via at least one processor, the method comprising:
 computing, by a display control apparatus, a display weight as a stepwise value of priority between a plurality of stacked display devices in accordance with external light amount information acquired from a sensor; 
 distributing, by the display control apparatus, display brightness information to the plurality of stacked display devices in accordance with the computed display weight; and 
 driving, by the display control apparatus, each display device of the plurality of stacked display devices on a basis of the distributed brightness information. 
 
     
     
       12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
 computing, by a display control apparatus, a display weight as a stepwise value of priority between a plurality of stacked display devices in accordance with external light amount information acquired from a sensor; 
 distributing, by the display control apparatus, display brightness information to the plurality of stacked display devices in accordance with the computed display weight; and 
 driving, by the display control apparatus, each display device of the plurality of stacked display devices on a basis of the distributed brightness information.